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Jaroslav Vrchlický
Jaroslav Vrchlický (; 17 February 1853 – 9 September 1912) was a Czech people, Czech lyrical poet. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel prize in literature eight times. Life He was born Emilius Jakob Frida in Louny. He lived ten years with his uncle, a pastor near Kolín. Here he attended the first years of primary school from 1857 to 1861), and the briefly in Kolín from 1861 to 1862. He studied at a grammar school in Slaný from 1862, where he was a classmate of Václav Beneš Třebízský, also in Prague and in 1872 graduated from Klatovy. Guided by his uncle's example, Vrchlický joined after graduating from the Prague Archbishop's seminary. But in 1873, he transferred to the Faculty of Arts of Charles-Ferdinand University in Prague, where he studied history, philosophy and Romance philology. During his studies he studied with historian Ernest Denis. His first literary work was printed by editor Sofie Podlipská. In Prague, he formed frien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Vilímek
Jan Vilímek (; 1 January 1860 – 15 April 1938) was a illustrator and Painting, painter from Boehmia who eventually became a Czechoslovak national. Vilímek was born on 1 January 1860 in Žamberk, Bohemia, Austrian Empire. He created many portraits of famous personalities from Bohemia and other Slavs, Slavic nations. During the 1880s, these portraits were regularly published in magazines such as ''Humoristické listy'', ''Zlatá Praha'' and ''Světozor''. In the 1890s, some of these illustrations were assembled into a book, ''České album''. He died on 15 April 1938 in Vienna. Jan Vilímek - Bedřich Smetana.jpg, Bedřich Smetana Jan Neruda – Jan Vilímek – České album.jpg, Jan Neruda Jan Vilímek - Ignacy Jan Paderewski.jpg, Ignacy Jan Paderewski File:Jan Vilímek - Antonín Dvořák.jpg, Antonín Dvořák External links * :cs:Seznam portrétů Jana Vilímka, List of Vilímek's portraits on Czech Wikipedia (incomplete, sorted by source, with links to digitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Václav Beneš Třebízský
Václav Beneš Třebízský (27 February 1849 – 20 June 1884) was a Czechs, Czech priest and writer. Despite his short life, he was a very prolific author and was one of the most popular Czech writers of his time. He wrote mainly historical novels and short stories, but he also wrote several fairy tale books for children. The themes of his books supported Czech patriotism. Life Václav Beneš was born on 27 February 1849 in Třebíz, into a tailor's family. His father was a Czech patriot with an interest in history. He attended primary school in Kvílice and then the Piarists, Piarist college in Slaný, where he had to walk , even though he was already suffering from tuberculosis of the lungs and joints at that time. He then studied theology at the Clementinum in Prague and learned other Slavic languages. During his studies, he began to create his first literary works and adopted the pseudonym Václav Beneš Třebízský to distinguish himself from the writer Václav Beneš Šu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leopold, Count Von Thun Und Hohenstein
Leopold Graf von Thun und Hohenstein (7 April 181117 December 1888) was a leading Austrian statesman from the Thun und Hohenstein family. Early life He was born in Děčín (Tetschen) as the third son of Count Franz von Thun und Hohenstein. After studying law and philosophy at the University of Prague he traveled through Europe, and among other countries he visited England, where he became acquainted with James Hope-Scott and other leaders of the Tractarian party. He was much affected by the romantic movement and the Ultramontane revival. In 1847 he married a Countess Clam-Martinic, but there was no issue of the marriage. Bohemian nationalist After his return home interested himself greatly in the revival of Czech language and Czech literature and the growth of Bohemian nationalism. He formed a personal friendship with František Palacký and other Czech leaders. He helped in the foundation of schools in which Czech should be taught, and set himself to acquire some kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedagogy
Pedagogy (), most commonly understood as the approach to teaching, is the theory and practice of learning, and how this process influences, and is influenced by, the social, political, and psychological development of learners. Pedagogy, taken as an academic discipline, is the study of how knowledge and skills are imparted in an educational context, and it considers the interactions that take place during learning. Both the theory and practice of pedagogy vary greatly as they reflect different social, political, and cultural contexts. Pedagogy is often described as the act of teaching. The pedagogy adopted by teachers shapes their actions, judgments, and teaching strategies by taking into consideration theories of learning, understandings of students and their needs, and the backgrounds and interests of individual students. Its aims may range from furthering liberal education (the general development of human potential) to the narrower specifics of vocational education (the i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Livorno
Livorno () is a port city on the Ligurian Sea on the western coast of the Tuscany region of Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Livorno, having a population of 152,916 residents as of 2025. It is traditionally known in English as Leghorn (pronounced , "Leghorn" in the Oxford Dictionaries Online. or ). During the Italian Renaissance, Renaissance, Livorno was designed as an "ideal town". Developing considerably from the second half of the 16th century by the will of the House of Medici, Livorno was an important free port. Its intense commercial activity was largely dominated by foreign traders. Also the seat of consulates and shipping companies, it became the main port-city of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. The high status of a multiethnic and multicultural Livorno lasted until the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merano
Merano (, ; ) or Meran () is a (municipality) in South Tyrol, Northern Italy. Generally best known for its Spa town, spa resorts, it is located within a Depression (geology), basin, surrounded by mountains standing up to Height above mean sea level, above sea level, at the entrance to the Passeier Valley and the Vinschgau. The city has been a popular place of residence for several scientists, literary people, and artists, including Franz Kafka, Paul Lazarsfeld and also Empress Elisabeth of Austria, who appreciated its mild climate. Name Both the Italian () and the German () names for the city are used in English. The Ladin language, Ladin form of the name is . The official name of the municipality (''comune'') is ''Comune di Merano'' in Italian and ''Stadtgemeinde Meran'' in German (both are in official use). History Archaic names of the city are ''Mairania'' (from AD 857) and ''an der Meran'' (from the 15th century). In 17th-century Latin language, Latin, the city was called ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alois Jirásek
Alois Jirásek () (23 August 1851 – 12 March 1930) was a Czech writer, author of historical novels and plays. Jirásek was a high school history teacher in Litomyšl and later in Prague until his retirement in 1909. He wrote a series of historical novels imbued with faith in his nation and in progress toward freedom and justice. He was close to many important Czech personalities like Mikoláš Aleš, Josef Václav Sládek, Karel Václav Rais or Zdeněk Nejedlý. He attended an art club in Union Cafe with them. He worked as an editor in ''Zvon'' magazine and was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1918, 1919, 1921 and 1930.Josef B. Michl, ''Laureatus Laureata'', ARCA JiMfa, Třebíč, 1995, pp. 372-382 Biography Alois Jirásek was born on 23 August 1851 in Hronov, in the Kingdom of Bohemia (modern-day Czech Republic), which was at that time part of the Austrian Empire. He was born into a family of small farmers and weavers of modest means. His father was Josef Ji ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josef Václav Sládek
Josef Václav Sládek (27 October 1845 in Zbiroh – 28 June 1912 in Zbiroh) was a Czech poet, journalist and translator, a member of the literary group , and a pioneer of children's poetry in Czech lands. Life In 1865, he graduated at the Academic Gymnasium in Prague. In 1867, he came to be suspected by the Austro-Hungarian police of supporting the Czech opposition movement against the monarchy. In 1868 he moved to United States, where he spent two years working as a laborer. He was interested in the fate of indigenous peoples and black people. He described his American experience in a collection of poems (titled ''Poems'') and in one prose work (''American images''). His stay in the USA influenced him significantly. Throughout the rest of his life he focused on translating Anglo-American literature. He translated 33 plays by William Shakespeare and other works by Burns, Longfellow, Harte, Byron, Coleridge etc. A less well-known fact is that Sládek translated the Czech anthe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zikmund Winter
Zikmund Winter (27 December 1846 - 12 June 1912) was a Czech writer and historian. The author of many historical novels and essays, he maintained an interest in Bohemian life from the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries. He died in 1912 and he was buried in Vinohrady Cemetery Vinohrady Cemetery () is a large cemetery in Vinohrady in Prague 10 which contains Strašnice Crematorium. It is the second largest cemetery in Prague and is registered in the state list of cultural monuments. The remains of two Czech presidents ....Vinohrady Cemeteries MyCzechRepublic.com, retrieved 20 November 2013 Selected works * '' Mistr Kampanus''References Sources [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernest Denis
Ernest Denis (3 January 1849 – 4 January 1921) was a French historian. Biography Denis became known as a specialist in Germany and Bohemia, and played a major role in the establishment of the Czechoslovak state in 1918. Along with Louis Léger, he is considered to be one of the most highly regarded 20th-century historians of the Slav world in France. In 1916, Tomáš Garrique Masaryk and Edvard Beneš founded the ''Comité national tchèque'' in Paris, and almost at the same time Louis Eisenmann, Louis Léger, and Ernest Denis founded the ''Comité national d'études'' , which also advocated for the independence of a Czech state. In 1918, the French government created Czechoslovak legions. On 28 October 1918, the Republic of Czechoslovakia was proclaimed in Prague. radio.cz, 24/10/2007, accessed 29 July 2021 Upon the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philosophy
Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational and critical inquiry that reflects on its methods and assumptions. Historically, many of the individual sciences, such as physics and psychology, formed part of philosophy. However, they are considered separate academic disciplines in the modern sense of the term. Influential traditions in the history of philosophy include Western philosophy, Western, Islamic philosophy, Arabic–Persian, Indian philosophy, Indian, and Chinese philosophy. Western philosophy originated in Ancient Greece and covers a wide area of philosophical subfields. A central topic in Arabic–Persian philosophy is the relation between reason and revelation. Indian philosophy combines the Spirituality, spiritual problem of how to reach Enlightenment in Buddhism, enlighten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
